C64 disks with custom loaders (read: games disks) were so fascinating to me as a...

sneakernets on April 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Visualizing Commodore 1541 Disk Contents

C64 disks with custom loaders (read: games disks) were so fascinating to me as a kid because the sounds of the 1541 drive would change as soon as that fastloader code activated. Lots of game disks had their own unique loading sound signature.

I would love to see a comparison of 80s floppy disk drives. Lots of genius designs within... except the 1541's terrible bug which was never fixed due to backwards compatibility.

pgrote on April 19, 2019 [–]

The copy protection on many games would cause "head knock" and force the 1541 out of alignment after a while. :(